ChicagoPride.com: LGBT Chicago events for Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thursday, April 12, 2012

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12:00pm

Chicago International Movies & Music Festival (CIMMfest)

The four-day festival with more than 50 films from over 20 countries will be screened including features, documentaries, shorts, concert films, animation, and music videos, all of which have music at their center. Through Sunday, April 15.
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1:00pm

Cubs vs Brewers

Chicago Cubs play against the Brewers at Wrigley Field
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6:00pm

Team Cheetah /Basta Birthday Bash

Team Cheetah's RIde for Aids Chicago fundraising event. Celebrating valued crew/TPAN board member-Paula Basta's birthday. Suggested donation of $10 includes one drink ticket and door prize entry. 2 raffles: one for cold hard cash and one for fabulous prizes including a new ipad and gift cards to Calo, Pie Hole, Crew, Kincades and more. All monies collected go to support the RFAC. Donations to the ride can be given at anytime even you cannot make the event at rideforaids.org.
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Goose Island Beer Dinner at Francesca's Vicinato

Chef Mario Lopez of Francesca’s Vicinato serves a savory Italian meal with courses paired perfectly with famed Goose Island beers. Jim De Bolt of Goose Island leads the meal, educating diners on food & beer pairings at this fun, festive dining event. Reservations are required, $45 per person, excluding tax and gratuity.
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7:00pm

AfterWork KaraokeThursday

AfterWork Karaoke every Thursday in Andersonville at The Call on Bryn Mawr. Singing starts at 7pm. Always a secret song for $25 bar tab! Hosted By Karaoke by Creagh. Beer bucket specials all day - but order by 10p and get a basket of fries from our friends at Burger Philosophy. Weekly themes. So who are you gonna sing?
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Lagunitas Brewery Beer Dinner

Whether your beer of choice is a pilsner or pale ale, Lagunitas Brewery is sure to make you a believer in their brews. Enjoy 5 beer selections expertly paired with Francesca’s food. Tickets are $45 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Reservations are required.
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The Improv Play

InFusion Theatre Company, in association with DCA Theater, presents the world premiere of Randall Colburn’s The Improv Play, directed by the Company’s Artistic Director Mitch Golob, April 10 – May 20, 2012, at the DCA Storefront Theater, 66 East Randolph Street.
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Girl You Know It's True

When Bixby, a 40-ish playwright fails to get his work produced he conjures up a radical new identity for himself: an impostor. His stand in - an African American Lesbian woman in a wheelchair - instantly shoots to fame.
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8:00pm

Windy City Gay Idol

Now in its 10th year, Idol kicks off the 2012 search for the best amateur GLBT singers in the Chicago area. Singers sign up at 8pm. Learn more online.
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Liberal Arts: The Musical

Five freshmen and one senior navigate their way through life, love, and deconstruction theory at Secular Liberal Arts College (SLAC), only to find that their expensive education has left them flush with student loans and short on, well,
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9:00pm

Drag Idol

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Thirsty Thursdays

Je t'aime Entertainment Presents: Thirsty Thursdays $3 "You Call it", Chicago's Largest LGBTQA Night with Special Drag performances, resident DJ Fuego, and special guests at Watra Night Club
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Menace II Sobriety

Menace II Sobriety is back, and we brought a couple friends along to help keep things festive
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Steampunk Thursdays

Elate is taking its eco-friendly philosophy to new heights, on Thursdays, by re-inventing itself as the Steampunk center of Chicago.
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Parlour on Clark presents Glam Revue

Show cast includes the incomparably vintage beaut, Lana Lake and the sassy and gorgeous Nautica Nero. Hosted by the beautiful and statuesque Miss Gay Illinois USofA at Large and Miss Tri-State North America International at Large Cee-Cee LaRouge.
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10:00pm

Zebra Katz afterparty

with JD Samson (Le Tigre/MEN) and a DJ set from Shuteye.
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Every Thursday

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Arnie Lanza
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Atmosphere Bar

Pants Off Dance Off: Male Dancers with TOMAS the Magician. $3 well, $13 Cosmo pitchers
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Baton Show Lounge

Shows 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 12:30 a.m.

Berlin Nightclub

STARDUST Thursdays, with live performances and special DJs. 2nd Thu. is co-conspired by Pyramids of Pluto/ Jean Shorts, Sisterman, & Smooth & Delicious. Last Thu. is co-conspired by ratcatchers.com and CULT. $1 select shots, $3 Bacardi Bombs, $5 “Tropical Sex” pints, $2 Old Style Light, $5.50 Ultimat Vodka, $6.50 Patron Silver, $5+ cover
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Big Chicks

$10 Pitchers of Blue Moon, $2.75 Rolling Rock, $4 Cosmos, Chicken specials night—$5 wing basket, $6 Chicken breast sandwich $5 chickenburger

Bobby Love's

$1 off domestic & draft, $1 Pucker

Bonsai Bar & Lounge

Bonsai serves their signature martini's for $6 and $4 well drinks until 2am. Must be 21/with ID

Broadway Youth Center

6PM-8PM: Positive, a support group for HIV+ youth, ages 16-24.

Center on Halsted

3PM-8PM: Night for ages 13-24 to focus on different discussion topics, self-expression, role-playing, games and projects.

CGY: Youth Pride Center

6PM-8PM Art Studio/Movie Night. LGBT youth 23 and under can express themselves through art. New movie releases.

Charlie's

$3 top shelf drinks and beer, ‘80s flashback night

Club Krave

StarFinder Craig’s Karaoke with bartender Andrew, $5 you-call-it top shelf

Crew Bar & Grill

All draft beer pints $3, Bottomless Chips n’ Salsa $2.50

Downtown Bar and Lounge

Moose and Voxbox every Thursday, upstairs. 6-10pm

DS Tequila Company

$9.99 All-You-Can-Eat Tacos, Bar Olympics
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Encompass Nightclub

Drink & Drown Thursdays, $1 house wells, $1 dom. drafts, $1 wine, sponsored by Miller Lite and Coors Light

Halsted's Bar and Grill

$5.95 Buffalo chicken wraps, all drafts $3.50

Hamburger Mary's

$3.50 home brew pints

Hunters

Hunters Hunks male dancers at 10:30 pm, with DJ Laura B
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Jackhammer

$2 MGD/Miller Lite/Bud/Bud Light, $3 premium domestics and imports, DJ Man Scott

Jeffrey Pub

No cover, free entry pass to first 35 guests to be used Friday or Saturday

Little Jim's

$2.25 Busch Light/Old Style

Maneuvers Bar

$7.00 Bottomless Miller Lite Draft
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Manhandler

$2 cactus juice/kool-ade/schnapps; "Jeopardy" 3:30pm; "Wheel of Fortune" 6:30pm.

Mary's Attic

Big Red’s Cabaret with Meghan Murphy (2nd & 4th Thurs.), Bent: Brit Pop, Indie and Disco (3rd Thurs.)

North End

$9.75 Miller Lite Pitchers
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Parlour on Clark

Lipstick The Lesbian Dance Party featuring $4 cocktails
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Pie Hole Pizza Joint

Karaoke with Creagh

Rehab Lounge

5pm-4am: $3 Coronas, $6 Hornitos Tequila-tinis

Roscoe's

$12 Smirnoff Tidal Wave Pitchers, $2.50 Miller Lite Drafts, $10 Miller Lite Pitchers, $5 Jameson Shots

Scarlet Bar

Frat House Party, $5 Miller Light 40oz, $5 Long Island Mini-Pitchers
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Scot's

$4 all drafts

Sidetrack

Cocktail Hour videos 3 - 8 p.m., Laugh Track comedy night hosted by Adam Guerino and Bradley Thomas 8-9 p.m.
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Spin Nightclub

$5 Absolut Cocktails, $4 Miller Lite & Coors Light Drafts

The Art Institute of Chicago

Free Admission 5:00–8:00 PM

The Call (Chicago)

After-work karaoke 7-11 p.m., $5 Absolut cocktails, specials on Long Island pithcers and buckets of beers

The Noble Fool Theater

9PM (thru July 31) Singer Armstrong and accompanist Freddie Allen present an evening of music & comedy.

Touche

Handballer Night, red/white hanky specials, club room open

Velvet Rope

$3 Sapporo pints, $6 Cosmos, monthly local LGBT band performances

Wilde Bar and Restaurant

WILDE Thursday's with DJ Tisha and hot drink specials!
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